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How do you recover deleted messages?

Posted on Aug 13, 2019 03:34 PM

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sberman

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Posted on Aug 13, 2019 03:40 PM

Assuming you do not house your messages in iCloud, messages are saved on your latest iOS backup. Restore the backup to retrieve the messages that were present when the backup was created.

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

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sberman

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Aug 13, 2019 03:40 PM in response to jammehebrima

Assuming you do not house your messages in iCloud, messages are saved on your latest iOS backup. Restore the backup to retrieve the messages that were present when the backup was created.

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

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